Major City: Portland
Top Tourist Sites: Jacksonville, a gold rush town
Smith Rock State Park in central Oregon Rock formations in Leslie Gulch in southern Oregon.
State Symbols
Bird: Western meadowlark Flower: Oregon Grape Nickname: The Beaver State Motto: She flies with her own wings Famous or Fun Facts:
Oregon earns more money from making wood products than from any other industry
During the mid-1840's
thousands of pioneers traveld west on the Oregon trail. Beverly Clearly who writes stories foe children was born here she created Ramona and Henry Huggins.
Geography:
Moutain ranges cover most of the state. Two mountain ranges are the Coastal Ranges and the Cascade Mountains. In the east there is the Columbia Plateau and a high desert. Climate East of the Cascades there is a dry climate. West of the Cascades it's moist and mild.
Major City:
Portland
Top Tourist Sites:
Jacksonville, a gold rush town
Smith Rock State Park in central Oregon Rock formations in Leslie Gulch in southern Oregon.
State Symbols
Bird:
Western meadowlark
Flower:
Oregon Grape
Nickname:
The Beaver State
Motto:
She flies with her own wings
Famous or Fun Facts:
Oregon earns more money from making wood products than from any other industry
During the mid-1840's
thousands of pioneers traveld west on the Oregon trail. Beverly Clearly who writes stories foe children was born here she created Ramona and Henry Huggins.
Geography:
Moutain ranges cover most of the state. Two mountain ranges are the Coastal Ranges and the Cascade Mountains. In the east there is the Columbia Plateau and a high desert.
Climate
East of the Cascades there is a dry climate. West of the Cascades it's moist and mild.